"In addition to six Southeast Asian Buddhist temples in Wichita that are thriving, two recent Buddhist groups have started and are attracting people who were not born in Buddhist cultures. " [Zen & Tibetan]

"...in Wichita... two recent Buddhist groups have started and are attracting people who were not born in Buddhist cultures. Five years ago, Earl Griffith and Greg Smith were involved in starting a general Buddhist meditation group in Wichita. Griffith had an interest in meditation, and a mutual friend introduced him to Smith, who had previous experience with a Tibetan Buddhist group in Columbus, Ohio. Eventually, a group of four people started focusing on Zen Buddhist meditation. Smith, who wanted to continue in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, started a separate Tibetan Buddhist group. The Zen group now has 20 people... "

"Figures are for BWA affiliated conventions/unions only (no independents included). "; Table with 3 columns: Country, "Churches ", & "Members "; "1997/1998 Totals "; [BWA stats. in individual countries are sum of figures for member bodies of BWA in the countries.]; [County population figures for 1998 from United Nations data available here.]

Catholic

Kazakstan

300,000

1.80%

-

-

1995

1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997), pg. 333-367.

Figures are as of Dec. 31, 1995. Number used for "congregations " is from number of Catholic parishes.

Table: World Jewry. "collected our data from from demographic and other academic studies, community reports, and up-dates in the general media... consulted with experts to verify findings before reaching our assessments and estimates. "

Kurds

Kazakstan

12,313

-

-

-

1970

Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition), pg. 203.

"In Kazakhstan, the Kurds live in small communities at Tchimkent, in Jamboul and around Alma Ata. According to the 1970 Census, there were 12,313 of them, and a further 7,974 in the Kirghiz SSR, mainly in Oche. "

Number here ( "# congregations ") represent total of all orgs: Dianetic Centers, Celebrity Centers, missions, etc.; "CoS web sites have lists of Missions (1998) & Orgs (1996) from which the Table below is derived. Original concept and research by 'Inducto'. "

Table A.2: "Denominational Adherents per 1,000 Population, 1850 "; "The adherence rates were estimated from Bureau of the Census (1854) reports on the number of churches, the seating capacity of churches & the value of church property. "

Table: "No. 87: Christian Church Adherents, 1990 "; "Christian church adherents were defined as 'all members, including full members, their children and the est. number of other regular participants who are not considered as communicant, confirmed or full members.' "

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